Study of serum transferrin and serum ferritin during pregnancy and their correlation with pregnancy outcome

2016-08-17T09-57-13Z
Source: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health
Shailesh Kumar, Namrata Dubey, Ruchir Khare.
Background: Iron deficiency is more prevalent in young children and women of reproductive age group. Iron deficiency is generally slow to develop and often remain undetected until clinical picture arises due to its deficiency. Thus, early detection of iron deficiency is beneficial before the anemia sets in. The maternal iron level is important for the growth of growing fetus and is always required to have markers which can detect iron deficiency in early stage. The timely implementation of intervention to correct maternal iron status will improve the maternal outcome. Objectives: To study levels of serum transferrin and serum ferritin during pregnancy and their correlation with outcome of pregnancy. Materials and Methods: Longitudinal study was conducted on pregnant women reporting antenatal clinic in first trimester. Data in each trimester of 57 women was collected. Birth weight of new born delivered was recorded and statistical analysis was done by paired t-test. Result: 57 pregnant women were divided into two groups according to weight of delivered babies. 46 delivered low birth and 11 delivered normal birth weight babies. Serum transferrin was significantly higher (p

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